Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a boy of the Bani Malik tribe sitting on rocks.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Portrait of two boys in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of a man from one of the Qara tribes in the Jabal Qara mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of a boy of the Yam, the son of the woman in T/84.17. This photograph was taken in the region surrounding the town of Najran.Due to the nature of...

View of rocks and boulders sitting on the slopes of dry rolling hills in the area surrounding the city of Abha. Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Seated profile portrait of an elderly tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin at a Manasir encampment in the Baynunah sands. An elderly man with a thick beard sits in the sand,...

View of the city of Shibam in Wadi Hadhramawt. In the distance a tightly packed cluster of tall, multi-storey buildings sits behind the Shibam city walls.Due to the nature of...

Portrait of a man beside a dhow (sailboat) on the shore in Manama on Bahrain Island. An elderly man wearing a long black cloak over his thobe (long shirt) stands...

Seated portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, resting on a rock face near Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit) mountain. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the...

Portrait of a young man standing in a crowd of men from the 'Amara tribe at the Suq ath Thulutha market. Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of three Arab men standing beside the stern of a beached dhow (sailboat) at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the background two large booms, Kuwaiti-built trading vessels, rest...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the Al Dhafra sands during the party's journey to Baynunah. In the left foreground a large bush grows in a stretch of...

Group portrait of a crew of sailors sitting in a dhow (sailboat) at Al Ma'ala harbour in the city of Aden. Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. Due to the nature of these...

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In the foreground four large bushes grow in soft sand. At the far...

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party leading camels up a dune in the 'Uruq ash Shaybah sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature...

View of locals strolling through a suq (market) in the city of Dubai. People walk along an aisle inside a closed covered market. Rays of sunlight pierce through a canopy...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the Bani Hilal tribal area near Jabal Sharif.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

People at the market at Al Haqu village.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

Standing half length portrait of an Arab man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers, in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. An Arab man wearing a...